Father Secretly Names Newborn Sarah McCain Palin-Takes one for the cause

[RamboLiberal]

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president.

Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put that name on the documents for the girl's birth certificate, ignoring the name Ava Grace, which he and his wife had picked earlier.

"I don't think she believes me yet," he told the Kingsport Times-News for a story to be published Tuesday. "It's going to take some more convincing."

Ciptak, a blood bank employee for the American Red Cross, said he named his third child after John McCain and Sarah Palin to "to get the word out" about the campaign.

"I took one for the cause," he said. "I can't give a lot of financial support for the (McCain/Palin) campaign. I do have a sign up in my yard, but I can do very little."

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/14/father-secretly-names-newborn-sarah-mccain-palin/

[boobooday]

1. CHILD ABUSE! n/t

[Justyce]

2. He didn't take one for the cause. He made his helpless newborn take one for the cause. nt

[indie_voter]

3. That poor child. I wonder what the wife will do? Also..

With my kids, both my husband and I signed the certificates. How does one go about changing a document after somebody has already signed? Unless he asked her to sign before it was filled?

[NoQuarter]

4. These are the people

who are encouraged to breed indiscriminately.

[flvegan]

5. No, jackass, YOU didn't take one for the cause.

You potentially made a future mockery of your kid and disrespected your wife who, by the fucking way, did all the work.

Moron.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. ohhh..I love your attitude, dude.

Kee-rect on all points....ty.

[Selatius]

39. I support your comment on the matter. nt

[nini]

6. D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

Game over.

[The Shadow]

7. What Kind Of Idiot Is This Guy! Jeezus H. Keerist!!! Moran!!

[unpossibles]

8. get the word out?

um... cause no one's heard of it?

Jeez people are stupid. I hope his wife divorces him.

[cynatnite]

9. That's near where we live...

I'm not surprised. We've got some real nuts out here. *sigh*

[VoodooGuru]

10. Convincing? It's going to take counseling. NT

[Solly Mack]

11. I'd not so secretly divorce his ass too

That poor child.

[GoneOffShore]

12. I think that may be the last kid they have.

Because she's probably going to do the Lysistrata on him

[notadmblnd]

13. Why in secret? Is he ashamed of himself? He should be.

[madaboutharry]

14. He obviously has no respect for his wife.

What a jerk.

[City Lights]

15. After the election is over, your kid will be known as LOSER!

Way to go, moran. :eyes:

[cynatnite]

17. 15 minutes of fame for the dad...lifetime of therapy for the kid n/t

[TwilightGardener]

18. Any McGovern Shrivers out there? Ford Doles? Check in and let us know

what it's like to be named for a losing campaign.

[DS1]

19. That's some serious betrayal

I don't think he'll be having more opportunities to create kids for a long time

[ReadTomPaine]

25. In a way it's quite symbolic of the GOP - Exploiting a child, exerting control over a woman....

and putting ideology over practicality, good sense or ethics in a hateful, pointless gesture designed to stroke his own ego and agenda. Last but not least - it's going to take a while to fix the damage. Sound familiar?

It's a perfect microcosm of conservative politics.

[trotsky]

37. Ha ha!

Well said.

[ReadTomPaine]

38. It just struck me as a shining example of all they stand for...

only a conservative could take a precious, once-in-a-lifetime moment like that and turn it into a vulgar, self serving mistake with lifelong consequences.

[prayin4rain]

20. From Ava Grace to Sarah Palin... obssessed much? Divorce him. n/t

[alfredo]

21. I guess that's better than his first child: George W Hitler.

[ReadTomPaine]

26. ..

:rofl:

[Batgirl]

22. this man's action certainly does help "get the word out"

about how McCain's base is the distilled essence of stupid.

[cynatnite]

23. What kind of man goes behind his wife's back and changes the name of their baby? n/t

[ReadTomPaine]

27. A conservative one. n/t

[krispos42]

24. Ronald-Ann Smith

This reminds me of the "Ronald-Ann Smith" character in Bloom County and Outland...

Ronald-Ann Smith was a character in Berkeley Breathed's comic strips Bloom County and Outland.

Named after Ronald Reagan, Ronald-Ann was a young African American girl "from the wrong side of the trax" in Bloom County. Appearing late in the strip's run, Ronald-Ann was presented as a polar opposite of the kind of greedy materialism that the 1980s represented. During a conversation with Donald Trump in Bill the Cat's body, it was revealed that Ronald-Ann's family lived in a single broken-down room with nine beds. Her best friend was her doll Reynelda, who had no head as a result of being "caught in the crossfire during the Christmas drug turf battles".

After Bloom County ended in 1989, Ronald-Ann became the protagonist in Breathed's next syndicated strip, Outland. She is seen traveling to this realm through portals in her big city neighborhood.

Her existence in the Outland was clearly more laid-back than it had been in her Bloom County days.

Before long, though, she was overshadowed by her Bloom County compadres, such as Opus the penguin and Bill the Cat, among others. She faded away from Outland just months before it ended in 1995, leaving no clue as to her current whereabouts in Breathed's cartoon universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald-Ann_Smith

[TornadoTN]

28. Great, another bright shining example of logic and reason from Tennessee

Sometimes I am just ashamed of this state.

On the bright side, there's much more support, money, and time being offered to a Democratic candidate for President than at any time in our history here in East Tennessee. Maybe it will offset the stupid demonstrated in this article.

I saw that this moron is from Elizabethton. No offense to any Elizabethton natives here, but Carter and Unicoi counties might as well just post Klan billboards at their borders and erect statues of Ronny Raygun to worship as their god.

[foxfeet]

29. When she grows up, people will think she's a drag queen. nt

[PVnRT]

30. Sounds like grounds for divorce

[KamaAina]

31. Hopefully, when she is of age, she will change her middle name to "Hussein".

:evilgrin:

[rebecca_herman]

32. Ooooh, I hope the wife gets angry

He changed the name the wife and he agreed upon, she's probably hormonal after giving birth, not a good mix.

[gratuitous]

35. Careful there

In Tennessee, an angry, hormonal woman with easy access to guns . . .

Mister _____________ should try to sleep with one eye open for the foreseeable future.

[Supersedeas]

33. Is there no deception these Wingnuts would avoid, nothing sacred they wouldn't abandon for the Party

The GoP Party Elite have a Nazi like grip over their mindless followers.

If the Party Elders told them to shit in Grandma's apple pie to assure a GoP victor, wouldn't they?

If Party Elders told them to hate and to kill, wouldn't that be a natural escalation of their loyalty oath to the servants of OIL and Party.

[BoneDaddy]

34. Wow what a betrayal of trust

His wife should divorse him and challenge the naming in court.

[ivycat]

36. how can he "secretly name" his child

don't they both have to sign the birth certificate? I'm seriously asking, I've never had a child, just assuming so.